When you WANT to find the MEANING of life you can do worse than starting at the Academy of Sciences. You probably can also do better.
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and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Meaning
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Tag: Germany
Rugby Sevens
Since Nigel Owens featured as the impartial referee in a rugby test yesterday the progression to Sevens (as in Rugby Sevens) seemed quite natural. I don’t have any photos of a Sevens match but there are seven players in each photo.
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The Rolling Hills of the Odenwald
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Landscapes
Two Castles or Three?
My hometown is known as the Zweiburgenstadt, that is the two castle town. Which in German makes perfect sense but is confusing in English since castle can mean Burg or Schloss in German. The two castles – here shown in winter because they are just … Continue reading Two Castles or Three?
The Recycle Circle
When I was cycling through the strawberry fields this spring, I noticed the porta-a-potties for the workers. “I am partly made out of recycled fishing nets” was written on it. I was impressed enough to stop and take a photo. Then in summer we were … Continue reading The Recycle Circle
Splish splash, I Was Having a Bath
and Poseidon cradling his trident watched over me the whole time.
This is the front of the Herschelbad in Mannheim, an art nouveau public swimming pool which in its early days even offered a pool for dogs.
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More Swabians
The phone area code for Stuttgart is 0711. Stuttgart is the official capital of Baden-Württemberg and the in-official capital of Swabia tying in nicely with yesterday’s seven Swabians.
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It Won’t ever Be quiet in a Smithy
and what would a horse going by without the clippety-clop? Incidentally, a horse shoe is a hoof iron in German. Clop – clop – clop – clippety – clop – clop – clop – clop – clippety – clop – clop … Can you hear it?
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Even Cemeteries Need Maps
The old cemetery of our town. With no less (and no more) than four local celebrities: an industrialist with a legacy of one of the richest families in Germany today, a progressive educationalist who founded a school, an almost forgotten author who was quite famous nationwide in 1923, and a revolutionary innkeeper from almost 200 years ago.
It’s nice to have maps around to show you what’s what and possibly who’s who.
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